quick-n easy soup recipes

I have been trying several new recipes  as nothing taste better than HOT Soup on a Cold Winter Day!!

so here goes..
Vegetable Minestrone Soup
Ingredients: 1/2c. onions chopped,1 clove garlic,minced, 2Tbl butter ,3cup chicken or beef broth; 1cup carrots chopped;1/2c green beans cut-up;1 med zucchini chopped; 3/4 cup celery chopped;1/2 tsp Oregano chopped fine;1.2 tsp thyme fresh chopped,or a pinch of dried; 3/4 cup beans;white ,red, Lima.or peas.  1cup parsley chopped; 1 cup tomato fresh or canned;chopped 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbs olive oil.
Mix all together and simmer till tender.ADD 2cups cubed chicken or beef ; or1 3 browned  hamburger work well to.
cook til tender.  Serve with bread stix or corn bread